The Managing Partners’ Forum was established in 1995 and is “dedicated to enhancing leadership and the status of the management team in professional firms worldwide.” They recently released the inaugural Global 500, a ranking of the top 500 professional services firms in the world by fee volume. The Big Four are at the top ofContinue reading “Big Four dominate professional services globally”
Category Archives: Profession
Forced ranking at accounting firms?
Francine dishes on forced ranking at GE and the Big Four: That is, compared to their peers, they don’t have the right stuff right now and their performance, although fine, is not as fine as the other 90%. So, with a poor rating instead of a positive rating, your choices are slim. No raise, noContinue reading “Forced ranking at accounting firms?”
When will I be a CA?
I recently passed the 2-year mark working in public accounting since graduating without doing any co-op terms. I started work at the beginning of May 2005, so through the end of June I will have 26 months experience, less the approximately 2 months I took off last summer to attend the SOA and study andContinue reading “When will I be a CA?”
BDO Dunwoody merges with Goodman Rosen
Hot on the heels of their announcement that the merger discussions with Grant Thornton were called off, BDO Dunwoody’s insolvency practice BDO Dunwoody Ltd. has joined forces in Nova Scotia with Goodman Rosen Inc. Expanding one of Canada’s most comprehensive financial recovery practices, BDO Dunwoody Limited, Trustee in Bankruptcy and Goodman Rosen Inc., Trustee inContinue reading “BDO Dunwoody merges with Goodman Rosen”
UFE Report is out… Finally!
The UFE Report for the 2006 test is finally available on the ICAO website. It’s been many months, since November 24th when the results came out, but it’s here! I would link to it or provide it for download, but it’s behind the paywall that only members can access so I have a feeling IContinue reading “UFE Report is out… Finally!”